 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
   Part A--Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher 
                                Education
 
     subpart 2--federal early outreach and student services programs
 
  Division 2--Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
                                Programs
 
Sec. 1070a-24. Early intervention


(a) Services

                           (1) In general

        In order to receive a grant under this division, an eligible 
    entity shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in 
    the plan submitted under section 1070a-23 of this title, that the 
    eligible entity will provide comprehensive mentoring, counseling, 
    outreach, and supportive services to students participating in 
    programs under this division. Such counseling shall include--
            (A) financial aid counseling and information regarding the 
        opportunities for financial assistance under this subchapter and 
        part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42; and
            (B) activities or information regarding--
                (i) fostering and improving parent involvement in 
            promoting the advantages of a college education, academic 
            admission requirements, and the need to take college 
            preparation courses;
                (ii) college admissions and achievement tests; and
                (iii) college application procedures.

                             (2) Methods

        The eligible entity shall demonstrate in such plan, pursuant to 
    regulations of the Secretary, the methods by which the eligible 
    entity will target services on priority students described in 
    subsection (c) of this section, if applicable.

(b) Uses of funds

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish criteria for 
    determining whether comprehensive mentoring, counseling, outreach, 
    and supportive services programs may be used to meet the 
    requirements of subsection (a) of this section.

                     (2) Permissible activities

        Examples of activities that meet the requirements of subsection 
    (a) of this section include the following:
            (A) Providing eligible students in preschool through grade 
        12 with a continuing system of mentoring and advising that--
                (i) is coordinated with the Federal and State community 
            service initiatives; and
                (ii) may include such support services as after school 
            and summer tutoring, assistance in obtaining summer jobs, 
            career mentoring, and academic counseling.

            (B) Requiring each student to enter into an agreement under 
        which the student agrees to achieve certain academic milestones, 
        such as completing a prescribed set of courses and maintaining 
        satisfactory progress described in section 1091(c) of this 
        title, in exchange for receiving tuition assistance for a period 
        of time to be established by each eligible entity.
            (C) Activities designed to ensure secondary school 
        completion and college enrollment of at-risk children, such as 
        identification of at-risk children, after school and summer 
        tutoring, assistance in obtaining summer jobs, academic 
        counseling, volunteer and parent involvement, providing former 
        or current scholarship recipients as mentor or peer counselors, 
        skills assessment, providing access to rigorous core courses 
        that reflect challenging academic standards, personal 
        counseling, family counseling and home visits, staff 
        development, and programs and activities described in this 
        subparagraph that are specially designed for students of limited 
        English proficiency.
            (D) Summer programs for individuals who are in their 
        sophomore or junior years of secondary school or are planning to 
        attend an institution of higher education in the succeeding 
        academic year that--
                (i) are carried out at an institution of higher 
            education that has programs of academic year supportive 
            services for disadvantaged students through projects 
            authorized under section 1070a-14 of this title or through 
            comparable projects funded by the State or other sources;
                (ii) provide for the participation of the individuals 
            who are eligible for assistance under section 1070a-14 of 
            this title or who are eligible for comparable programs 
            funded by the State;
                (iii)(I) provide summer instruction in remedial, 
            developmental or supportive courses;
                (II) provide such summer services as counseling, 
            tutoring, or orientation; and
                (III) provide financial assistance to the individuals to 
            cover the individuals' summer costs for books, supplies, 
            living costs, and personal expenses; and
                (iv) provide the individuals with financial assistance 
            during each academic year the individuals are enrolled at 
            the participating institution after the summer program.

            (E) Requiring eligible students to meet other standards or 
        requirements as the State determines necessary to meet the 
        purposes of this section.

(c) Priority students

    For eligible entities not using a cohort approach, the eligible 
entity shall treat as priority students any student in preschool through 
grade 12 who is eligible--
        (1) to be counted under section 6333(c) of this title;
        (2) for free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell 
    National School Lunch Act [42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.]; or
        (3) for assistance pursuant to part A of title IV of the Social 
    Security Act [42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.].

(d) Allowable providers

    In the case of eligible entities described in section 1070a-21(c)(1) 
of this title, the activities required by this section may be provided 
by service providers such as community-based organizations, schools, 
institutions of higher education, public and private agencies, nonprofit 
and philanthropic organizations, businesses, institutions and agencies 
sponsoring programs authorized under subpart 4 of this part, and other 
organizations the State deems appropriate.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 404D, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
IV, Sec. 403, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1659; amended Pub. L. 106-78, 
title VII, Sec. 752(b)(8), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1169.)

                       References in Text

    The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(2), is act June 4, 1946, ch. 281, 60 Stat. 230, as amended, 
which is classified generally to chapter 13 (Sec. 1751 et seq.) of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1751 of 
Title 42 and Tables.
    The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), is act Aug. 
14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Part A of title IV of the 
Act is classified generally to part A (Sec. 601 et seq.) of subchapter 
IV of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and 
Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1070a-24, Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 404D, as 
added Pub. L. 102-325, title IV, Sec. 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 
Stat. 495; amended Pub. L. 103-208, Sec. 2(b)(18), (19), Dec. 20, 1993, 
107 Stat. 2459, related to scholarship component, prior to the general 
amendment of this division by Pub. L. 105-244. See section 1070a-25 of 
this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106-78 substituted ``Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act'' for ``National School Lunch Act''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1070a-23, 1070a-25 of this 
title.
